Ancient Influences on American Govt.
In this ancient city, citizens gathered to vote directly on laws.
What is Athens?
This 1215 English document limited the king’s power for the first time.
What is the Magna Carta?
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, convinced many colonists to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
This first U.S. government, created in 1781, was too weak to hold the states together.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What did the Federalists support?
A strong central govt that had the power to print money, collect taxes, and operate the military.
This ancient republic influenced America with the idea of representatives elected by the people.
What is Rome?
This English document of 1689 gave Parliament power over the monarchy and expanded rights.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This event in 1770, in which British soldiers killed 5 colonists, fueled anger toward Britain.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This 1787 meeting in Philadelphia was held to revise the Articles but instead created a new Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
What did the AntiFederalists need to support the Constitution?
A Bill of Rights
This religious tradition contributed values such as equality before the law and individual worth.
What is the Judeo-Christian tradition?
Colonists practiced this form of government by electing representatives in assemblies.
What is self-government?
According to the Declaration, governments get their power from this source.
What is the consent of the governed? or Popular Sovereignty
Created a two-house legislature, balancing big and small states
This man is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
James Madison
In Athens, the form of democracy was this, meaning citizens voted on issues themselves.
What is direct democracy?
This Enlightenment thinker believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
The colonists accused King George III of being this, ruling unfairly without regard for their rights.
What is a tyrant?
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation.
3/5ths Compromise
This system divides power between the national government and the states.
Federalism
This Roman concept of laws applying equally to all influenced the U.S. legal system.
What is the rule of law?
This French philosopher argued for separation of powers.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This key principle in the Declaration states that people have rights that cannot be taken away.
BONUS: What are those Rights?
What are unalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness
Supporters of the Constitution were called this, while opponents were called this.
Who were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists?
How many IHSA Regional Titles has Dixon XC won?
12